Most interesting period of history?

[LightSpectra]

War of the Grand Alliance pl0x

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it confined to just North America and Western Europe?

 

[Dachs]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it confined to just North America and Western Europe?

And the West Indies, with associated conflicts in the Balkans. But if you want more than just that you don't have to go all the way to the Seven Years' War. The preceding conflict, that of the Austrian Succession, also involved fighting in India, North America, and multiple European theaters.

 

[BrendanM]

Latin American history, post-Columbus, is something I enjoy a lot. Especially the Revolutionary and Cold War eras. With honorable mention towards the War of the Triple Alliance.

 

[vogtmurr]

Grand Alliance actions, outside of Europe must have been pretty minor though. I think there was one failed English attempt on Quebec, and maybe an attack on Jamaica or something. 7 Year's War in North America was the French and Indian War, the dramatic conclusion to that 200 year old rivalry in Canada.

PS: "pl0x" ?

 

[Dachs]

Grand Alliance actions, outside of Europe must have been pretty minor though. I think there was one failed English attempt on Quebec, and maybe an attack on Jamaica or something. 7 Year's War in North America was the French and Indian War, the dramatic conclusion to that 200 year old rivalry in Canada.

Again: I direct you to the War of the Austrian Succession.

PS: "pl0x" ?

Please -> pls -> plz -> plx -> pl0x.

 

[LightSpectra]

But if you want more than just that you don't have to go all the way to the Seven Years' War. The preceding conflict, that of the Austrian Succession, also involved fighting in India, North America, and multiple European theaters.

Yes, but not Africa.

 

[Dachs]

Yes, but not Africa.

What's with all of the queer definitions? Can I say that no war has truly been a world war until World War I because none of them involved major actions in South America?

 

[vogtmurr]

I guess nobody specified how large or widespread the actions had to be. Just about all of the European wars had a counterpart in North America.

Europe => North America
War of the Grand Alliance => King William's War
War of the Spanish Succession => Queen Anne's War
War of the Austrian Succession => War of Jenkin's Ear
Seven Year's War => French and Indian War
? ? => American Revolution
Napoleonic Wars => War of 1812

EDIT: and I wouldn't be surprised if there is one for the War of the Polish Succession too !

 

[LightSpectra]

What's with all of the queer definitions? Can I say that no war has truly been a world war until World War I because none of them involved major actions in South America?

I guess the definition of "world war" would count the Americas as one continent? I don't know.

 

[vogtmurr]

Then I guess we are really screwed, because other than a few submarines offshore, there was no land action in the Americas in either of the two world wars.

 

[Dachs]

Then I guess we are really screwed, because other than a few submarines offshore, there was no land action in the Americas in either of the two world wars.

Battle of the Falklands, dude. Pretty significant.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Or Coronel, the lead-up battle to the Falklands.

And who can forget the Battle of the Rio del Plata?

 

[Masada]

Rio Del Plata is a shining example of New Zealands naval tradition, the enemy scuttled themselves out of fear

 

[vogtmurr]

I tip my hat. (we need a smiley for that). Besides, I forgot the important point was that the participants were global, and in both WW's there were pretty significant participants in the Americas. Anyway, I think geopolitically if not geographically, the mid-Pacific volcanic islands of Hawaii are part of North America. That brings Pearl Harbour and Midway into the picture.

 

[Transkar]

Either the World War 1 Era or the first Pax Romana

 

[Shekwan]

Since I'm currently playing E:TW my favourite historical period is 18th century Europe now.

I wish I had an awesome cartoon to illustrate why, like my previous post.

 

[JonathanStrange]

Maybe a focused "day in the life" would be most interesting: the murder of Caesar, the battle in Teutoberg Wald, something that could be said to have a start and a finish.

 

[vogtmurr]

How are these for a few:

V-E day, London, 1945.
V-P day, New York, 1945.
Salamis, 480 BC
Midway, 1942 from Yorktown
Rastenburg, July 20, 1944
Berlin Wall, 1990
New Year's Eve 2000, Paris
Golgotha
Santorini, 1450 BC, from Crete
Sack of Rome, 410 AD wth the Goths
Fall of Constantinople, 1453 AD with the Venetians
Cortes first entry into Tenochtitlan
Bastille Day, 1789
Chicxulub Cretaceous-Tertiary Event, from Baja California

 

[REDY]

Early middle ages, Mediterranean

 

[JonathanStrange]

How are these for a few:

V-E day, London, 1945.
V-P day, New York, 1945.
Salamis, 480 BC
Midway, 1942 from Yorktown
Rastenburg, July 20, 1944
Berlin Wall, 1990
New Year's Eve 2000, Paris
Golgotha
Santorini, 1450 BC, from Crete
Sack of Rome, 410 AD wth the Goths
Fall of Constantinople, 1453 AD with the Venetians
Cortes first entry into Tenochtitlan
Bastille Day, 1789
Chicxulub Cretaceous-Tertiary Event, from Baja California

Interesting choices all!